Background
Arnold Clayton Henderson was born on April 10, 1938 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States.
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Arnold Clayton Henderson
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Arnold Clayton Henderson earned his Bachelor of Arts in English at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (1960), and his Master of Arts (1963) and Doctor of Philosophy (1973) in English from the University of California, Berkeley. He also studied at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln (1960-1961), and the University of Pans (1965-1966).
Career
Arnold Henderson was assistant professor of English and art at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1970-1980, and also taught at Rider University (New Jersey) and elsewhere. He was on the photography staff of the Studio (University of California, Berkeley), from 1965 to 1969.
Achievements
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As photographer and poet, Arnold Clayton Henderson has published over a half dozen books of his work (with more envisaged), available for web-viewing and on-demand publishing through the www site of Blurb/bookstore.
His work has been included in the major international traveling exhibitions and related books "Nouveau nues" (Paris: Contrejour, 1981), and La Photographie fantastique (Paris: Contrejour, 1979; republished in English as Fantastic Photography, New York: Pantheon,1979). He is also represented in Finding Peace in a Restless World (Hayward, California: True North Editions, ed. Geir Jordahl, 2020); Metaphysical Presences (Ljubliana, 1980), The History of the Nude in Photography (Arthur Goldsmith, New York: Ridge Press, 1975), The Life Library of Photography: The Great Themes (Japanese edition, Tokyo, 1971), and Studio 1968 (ed. Dave Bohn, Berkeley, 1968).
His photos have also appeared in such photographic and art periodicals as Aperture, B&W Magazine, and Camera 35 (USA); Camera (Switzerland); Foto (Belgium/Netherlands); The Structurist (Canada); etc.
Work is included in the Bibliotheque nationale de France (Paris), Architectural Museum (Ljubliana, Slovenia), and private collections.
In his other careers as editor and environmental commissioner he is the science editor and part author (as Arnold Henderson) of the Grolier Library of Environmental Concepts and Issues (New York: 8 vols, 1996). He is the associate editor (as Arnold C. Henderson) of Bridge Inspection and Rehabilitation, A Practical Guide (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1993).
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Connections
- Father:
- Ruth Gordon Henderson
- mentor:
- Dave Bohn
- mentor:
- Vilem Kriz
References
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Born
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Nationality
United States
Education
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1960
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1963
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1973
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1960 - 1961
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1965 - 1966
Career
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1965 - 1969
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1970 - 1980
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1980
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1980 - present
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1990 - 2009
Awards
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Photography Grant (1978)
Arnold Henderson won a photography grant from Rutgers University in 1978 for work that later became his book "Nudes, Metanudes, and Real People: A Book of Photographs and Words" (Blurb/bookstore web site, 2011).Arnold Henderson won a photography grant from Rutgers University in 1978 for work that later became his book "Nudes, Metanudes, and Real People: A Book of Photographs and Words" (Blurb/bookstore web site, 2011).
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Academy of American Poets, 1968
As a graduate student, Arnold Clayton Henderson was awarded the Academy of American Poets prize for the University of California at Berkeley. These poems later became the base for his book "The Monkey and the Moon: Poems Lunar and Simian" (Blurb/bookstore, 2013).As a graduate student, Arnold Clayton Henderson was awarded the Academy of American Poets prize for the University of California at Berkeley. These poems later became the base for his book "The Monkey and the Moon: Poems Lunar and Simian" (Blurb/bookstore, 2013).